It may be temporary and reversible, but President Obama's announcement Friday of a safe harbor from deportation and permission to work offers a welcome ray of hope to young illegal immigrants brought to this country as children.It's a humane policy change that is geared tow...

Deportation is not realistic for all with millions of illegal immigrants present in the country, so I can agree with the selective enforcement regarding arrest and deportation. But that is the present policy. If only that, then nothing would change. The problem is the work permits which is clearly not a selective enforcement issue and is probably not constitutional as an executive order. I expect a quick lawsuit before a federal judge to suspend that part of the executive order pending a court ruling which for all practical purposes ends this circus of vote buying until after the election.

My preference would be for the lawsuit to come from a Hispanic that is a year or more too old for the work permits. Under the reasoning of equal protection this would either open the executive order to all illegal immigrants or again throw it out.

And this guy claims to have been a constitutional law professor and he cannot even write an executive order that does not look like Swiss cheese.

“I am a libertarian with a small 'l' and a Republican with a capital 'R'. And I am a Republican with a capital 'R' on grounds of expediency, not on principle.” ― Milton Friedman

Rodney wrote:There you have it. a Mercenary class of citizens loyal to the government that gave them back door amnesty. Jay Gould observed that to keep half the poor in line, hire the other half to control them.

This is how it's done.

Don't we already do this for those with a visa with or without a work permit? I seem to recall that earlier in the Obama administration that there was some sort of a program in place. They did not even need to serve in a combat unit. I think it was to shore up some shortages in technical capacities.

“I am a libertarian with a small 'l' and a Republican with a capital 'R'. And I am a Republican with a capital 'R' on grounds of expediency, not on principle.” ― Milton Friedman

The American people are not as stupid as Obama and the Democrats think they are. It is clear now that the danger of Obama and his party is not so much that he is a socialist, but that he is an imperialist. He actually believes he is the first American king, who can enact his social engineering agenda at the stroke of a pen with executive orders and the Constitution, federal law, Congress, the Supreme Court and the American people be damned. His attitude and governance has created a deadlock with Congress and landed him before the Supreme Court more than once, as with Obamacare. This last amnesty move will no doubt do likewise, because it is patently illegal. The difference this time is that it is crystal clear that he is more interested in creating jobs for 800,000 illegal aliens than he is for 25 million unemployed Americans. Hardest hit are the young blacks he presumes to represent. This will not stand, and neither will Obama's presidency after November. Good riddance.

It is estimated this will add 800,000 to the work force...that very same work force that has now 8.1% unemployed in Colorado, and 8.2% nationwide for those who haven't given up. For 2011, an average of 13,747,000 Americans were unemployed. His great idea will increase that number by 5.8%

Just a year ago Constitutional Law scholar Obama claimed on Univision that Federal law prevented him from doing what he is now doing.

America is a nation of laws, which means I, as the president, am obligated to enforce the law. . . . There are enough laws on the books by Congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system that for me to simply through executive order ignore those congressional mandates would not conform with my appropriate role as president.

Of course, what a difference an election year makes, and thinking folks can see right through what the POST calls "compassion." Where is Obama's and the POST's "compassion" for those Americans out of work or under employed?

Just more pandering for votes, and this time, illegal. From NRO:

"The president’s executive order violates the constitutional separation of powers that defines the political architecture of our republic. If Congress allows this illegitimate executive order to stand, it will have in effect delegated its power to make law to the president." http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/ ... ty-editors

Silverspruce wrote:The American people are not as stupid as Obama and the Democrats think they are. It is clear now that the danger of Obama and his party is not so much that he is a socialist, but that he is an imperialist. He actually believes he is the first American king, who can enact his social engineering agenda at the stroke of a pen with executive orders and the Constitution, federal law, Congress, the Supreme Court and the American people be damned. His attitude and governance has created a deadlock with Congress and landed him before the Supreme Court more than once, as with Obamacare. This last amnesty move will no doubt do likewise, because it is patently illegal. The difference this time is that it is crystal clear that he is more interested in creating jobs for 800,000 illegal aliens than he is for 25 million unemployed Americans. Hardest hit are the young blacks he presumes to represent. This will not stand, and neither will Obama's presidency after November. Good riddance.

I believe the word you're looking for is "uppity". As in, "When will this uppity negra learn his place and stop acting like the President?"George W. Bush signed nearly 300 Executive Orders during his Presidency. He also issue nearly a thousand "signing statements", which argued that his administration was exempt from whatever law he happened to be signing at that moment.Here is a partial list of EO totals:Bill Clinton=363, George HW Bush=165, Ronald Reagan=380, Franklin Delano Roosevelt=3728,Barack Obama=128.Please post a link to your expressions of outrage when the white guys were acting like "kings".

Someone posted that Obama was an "uppity ****. I declared that remark to be stupid and bigoted. The DP banned me for 30 days, for "making racist remarks", proving that reading comprehension isn't required for DP moderators.

I believe the word you're looking for is "uppity". As in, "When will this uppity negra learn his place and stop acting like the President?"George W. Bush signed nearly 300 Executive Orders during his Presidency. He also issue nearly a thousand "signing statements", which argued that his administration was exempt from whatever law he happened to be signing at that moment.Here is a partial list of EO totals:Bill Clinton=363, George HW Bush=165, Ronald Reagan=380, Franklin Delano Roosevelt=3728,Barack Obama=128.Please post a link to your expressions of outrage when the white guys were acting like "kings".

It is called Separation of Powers. Congress makes laws, Presidents enforce those laws and the Supreme Court interprets, and rules on those laws.

Executive Orders are a common way for the Chief Executives to exercise the powers of the Office within their authority. Obama, himself (see his quote in my posting below) recognized last year that issuing this kind of Executive Order was outside his authority.

He is simply taking over the job of congress to pander for votes, and his race has nothing to do with it.

I believe the word you're looking for is "uppity". As in, "When will this uppity negra learn his place and stop acting like the President?"George W. Bush signed nearly 300 Executive Orders during his Presidency. He also issue nearly a thousand "signing statements", which argued that his administration was exempt from whatever law he happened to be signing at that moment.Here is a partial list of EO totals:Bill Clinton=363, George HW Bush=165, Ronald Reagan=380, Franklin Delano Roosevelt=3728,Barack Obama=128.Please post a link to your expressions of outrage when the white guys were acting like "kings".

It is called Separation of Powers. Congress makes laws, Presidents enforce those laws and the Supreme Court interprets, and rules on those laws.

Executive Orders are a common way for the Chief Executives to exercise the powers of the Office within their authority. Obama, himself (see his quote in my posting below) recognized last year that issuing this kind of Executive Order was outside his authority.

He is simply taking over the job of congress to pander for votes, and his race has nothing to do with it.

I won't argue about the political aspects of this move, though it's questionable whether Obama stood to gain more votes from Hispanics than he obviously lost from folks who agree with you.I was addressing the statement about "all his Executive Orders", which implied that Obama was somehow out of line with previous Chief Executives. As with complaints about his vacation days, apparently every action he takes counts as two, when compared to other Presidents. Why is that?

Someone posted that Obama was an "uppity ****. I declared that remark to be stupid and bigoted. The DP banned me for 30 days, for "making racist remarks", proving that reading comprehension isn't required for DP moderators.

While oozing with adoration for the move, the Denver Pest must concede that Obama's new policy is "temporary and reversible," which also describes the Obama presidency itself: temporary and reversible. November can't come soon enough.

"The Obama administration has deported a record number of illegal immigrants, with a stated focus on those with criminal backgrounds."

...just pandering for the Republican vote.

This is good article as it lay's out the purpose of this move. Which is making sure that while the Obama administration is being diligent in the removal of undocumented migrants that we stop and show compassion for those who can't really help their situation.

It's a common sense move and it's why Obama deserves another four years.